In the United States and a select few other countries today is Free Shipping Day, a shopping holiday in which most participating retailers offer free shipping with no minimum purchase required. Although lesser-known than previous shopping events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Free Shipping Day is a great opportunity for last-minute shoppers to get orders in ahead of Christmas, because most retailers joining in on the shopping holiday also guarantee delivery by December 24th.

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Over 900 retailers are participating in the event, so chances are there is a store you might be interested in that you can place an order for free shipping today. Some websites require a code and also go beyond free shipping to offer you discounts and other promotions.

Speck – Free 2-day shipping on all orders, $15 gift card with purchase of $30 or more

Office Depot/OfficeMax – Free shipping on all orders

Bose – Free expedited shipping on all orders

Belkin – Free ground shipping on all orders

Sonos – Free shipping sitewide (Code: FRE2NDYSHP17)

Case-Mate – Free sitewide shipping, $10 off order (Code: SHIP10)

Brydge – Free shipping on all orders

Macy’s – Free shipping on all orders

JCPenney – Free shipping on all orders (Code: SHIP3)

Although this is a one-day-only shopping event, some stores are stretching their free shipping and guaranteed Christmas delivery policies further into this weekend and early next week, so make sure to read the promotion and delivery promises at each website you visit for more information.

There are also numerous stores taking part in the event that require a minimum purchase to be made for free shipping to be activated. These include Amazon ($25 or more), Walmart ($35 or more), Verizon ($49 or more), GameStop ($50 or more), and others that FreeShippingDay.com has listed on its website (which is loading slowly today, likely due to high traffic).

As a note for Apple.com, the company is offering free next-day delivery on in-stock items ordered by 3 p.m. local time on December 22, so you still have one week from today to get your Apple orders in for Christmas.

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